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Slow Club – San Francisco, CA
On Monday, we decided that the weather opportunity was as good as it was going to get during the rest of our visit to walk the three miles back and forth across the Golden Gate Bridge. Into San Francisco we drove. Man! I thought Atlanta traffic was miserable – the ride in through Berkley and […]
The Girl and the Fig – Sonoma, CA
One of the most pleasant food stops on our visit to wine country was the Girl and the Fig in Sonoma. We were staying in Napa and while checking the reviews for restaurants in the area, the Girl and the Fig kept being mentioned. On Monday evening we took the drive over. Sonoma is a […]
Gott’s Roadside – St. Helena and Napa, CA
Opened as Taylor’s Refresher in St. Helena in 1949, the restaurant was bought from the Taylor family by the Gott brothers and the named was changed to Gott’s Roadside a few years back. We stopped for a late lunch on a sunny Sunday afternoon at the original location in St. Helena. At 2:00, there were […]
Joe’s Cable Car – San Francisco, CA
When I found that I had to be in Northern California for a meeting, I consulted all of my “burger sources”. With diligent preparation, I had multiple places that I intended to hit when we were in the Bay Area. Before we left, I looked at who was open on what days and ranked my […]
Keller’s Hamburgers – Dallas, TX
Keller’s was the last stop on my DFW burger tour at the end of September. When I read about them in Hamburger America, I’ll have to say they were high on my list of prospects, just based on the restaurant itself. When I pulled up, my expectations were matched – this place was a true […]
Maple & Motor – Dallas, TX
When I knew I was heading to Dallas in late September, I called my friend (and professional photographer) Chris Moseley, and asked him where HIS favorite burger was. He did what any reasonable person would do – created a Facebook poll. The consensus was that we should meet and eat at Maple & Motor. So […]
Kincaid’s Grocery & Market – Fort Worth, TX
Texas burgers are different. While the basic burger at most of the places I visit are based on a sixth-, fifth- or quarter-pound burger, often served as a double, the foundational Texas burger is a half-pounder. I’ll have to admit, I’m fond of the idea. Kincaid’s opened in the mid-forties as a grocer with a […]
Cowboy Chow – Roanoke, TX
So on the same adventure that took me to burger spots Kincaid’s, Maple & Motor and Keller’s, I had the chance to have dinner with a friend on Monday night. He lives almost in Keller (no relation to the burger joint mentioned above, to my knowledge), just north of Fort Worth, and we were pretty […]
Bionic Burger – Wichita, KS
The fourth and final stop on the Kansas burger tour – Bionic Burger. After the disappointment at Nuway, I was still hungry and we had plenty of time to kill before our flight. So I hit the Hamburger America app on my phone and looked at burger joints added by fans. Bionic Burger was there. […]
Burgers, Barbecue and Everything Else 